Xbox Friends Watch - v1.2 has been posted

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Download 1.2 now

This is a very small update that is the same as version 1.1, except that a fix has been added to allow the sidebar gadget to run if you have installed the Silverlight 2 Beta 1 runtime.

There was a small bug in path resolution that the team is aware of and will hopefully be able to fix in future releases.

When setting the source parameter during application initialization the workaround involves making the path absolute using the gadget protocol.

Old code:

source: "xaml/SideBar.xaml"

New code:

source: "x-gadget:///xaml/SideBar.xaml"

I know this is not the promised version 2 that many of you are looking for, but getting past this bug is a step in the right direction.

Thanks to Donovan for finding the solution!

posted on Mar 26th, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (7)

7 Comments »

  1. Hi - great gadget.

    I'm trying to find a way to 'extract' gamer profile information (gamerpoints, motto, locale, etc) to use on my website. Is there a simple way to access that data (on a per-gamertag basis, of course)? Would you be kind enough to share your source code by any chance :) ?

    Comment by CreepinJesus - March 28, 2008 @ 8:18 AM

  2. nice one.. thanks for that man.. will come in handy :)

    Comment by Eddie - March 28, 2008 @ 6:58 PM

  3. I can't get Friend Watch 1.2 to "see" my install of SilverLight 2 Beta 1.

    I am using 64 bit Vista Ultimate.

    I tried installing SilverLight, restarting, then installing the gadget but as soon as the gadget appears in the sidebar it has the Install SilverLight message and link.

    I was using the old Friend Watch version just fine with 32 bit Vista before I reformated, can I just installed the older Gadget and SilverLight 1? I can't find a download for the old gadget btw...

    Comment by Steve McBarnes - March 29, 2008 @ 4:01 PM

  4. @CreepinJesus - The best way to do it currently is to use Duncan Mackenzie's web service which is what I'm doing: http://duncanmackenzie.net/blog/put-up-a-rest-api-for-xbox-gamertag-data/default.aspx

    @Eddie - happy to hear it

    @Steve - Silverlight does not have 64-bit support. If you run the sidebar in 32-bit mode, it will work for you.

    Comment by Adam Kinney - April 01, 2008 @ 4:32 PM

  5. i cant get it to open/install/whatever it needs to do...

    ive got the newest silverlight installed, or so their install page tells me so, what do i need to open/install it with, im using firefox which has the downloads popup where you click "open," when i do that, it asks me which program to use.

    Thanks in advance, if i didnt give enough info, just ask what you need

    Comment by racer0940 - April 28, 2008 @ 4:03 PM

  6. I'm finding that my friends' status no longer updates using 1.2 on Vista. It worked fine at first.

    I checked today and the duncanmackenzie.net site referenced above seems offline; is this the problem?

    Comment by Matt - May 14, 2008 @ 5:40 PM

  7. racer0940,

    Save the file to your desktop and open it from there. Gadgets seem to have problems opening/installing directly from firefox.

    Comment by Ryan - May 14, 2008 @ 6:41 PM

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